--- title: Restrict access to an activity description: Apply user criteria to an activity to define which users, groups, and roles can access the activity. locale: en-US canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/employee-service-management/employee-experience-foundation/grant-restrict-activity-access.html release: australia product: Employee Experience Foundation classification: employee-experience-foundation topic_type: task last_updated: "2026-03-12" reading_time_minutes: 1 breadcrumb: [My active items widget configuration, Setup task management, Configuring Employee Center, Employee Center, Unified Employee Experience, Employee Service Management] --- # Restrict access to an activity Apply user criteria to an activity to define which users, groups, and roles can access the activity. ## Before you begin Role required: admin ## About this task In the My active items widget, the activity that a user does not have access to is not displayed for that user. ## Procedure 1. Navigate to **All** > **Employee Center** > **Activity Configuration**. The Activity Configurations module displays the list of existing activity configurations. 2. Click the activity configuration that you want to restrict access to. 3. Click the **Activity Access** tab.
To Do this
**Add a new user criteria** 1. Click **New**. 2. On the form, fill in the fields. For more information about the form fields and descriptions, see [User Criteria form](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/employee-experience-foundation/ec-user-criteria-form.md). 3. Click **Submit**.
**Edit an existing user criteria** 1. Click **Edit**. 2. On the Edit Members form, select the required roles, users, and groups from the Collection column and move them to the Activity Access List column by clicking the right arrow icon \(\[Omitted image "right-arrow-icon.png"\] Alt text: Right arrow icon.\). 3. Click **Save**.